This study investigates the empirical relationships between macroeconomic instability, capital accumulation and growth in Turkey over the period 1963-1999. We use recent time series econometric techniques, such as cointegration and impulse response analysis, to analyze empirical relationships...

In this paper we aim at providing a general assessment of public administrative systems in Turkey both at local and central governments. Our work is based on a survey conducted in urban settlements. Our findings indicate that local governments? services are perceived to be relatively more...

The paper tests the hypothesis that the FDI incentives scheme that Egypt chose to adopt since the open door policy in 1974 did not have a significant effect on the volume of FDI inflows attracted to Egypt and placed budgetary burdens on the Egyptian tax-payers. The paper quantitatively estimates...

Recently, several researchers hypothesized that the female labor force participation rate exhibits a U-shape during the process of economic development. This paper provides time series evidence on female labor force participation rates in Turkey and considers its cross-provincial determinants....

This paper discusses the role of labor market flexibility in economic adjustment during the 1970s and the 1980s decades in developing countries in Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa. In the first part of the paper it is argued that the success of the Asian countries to adjust to...

This study is an attempt to empirically understand public preferences concerning social choice rules. We focus on four social choice rules (SCRs): Plurality, Plurality with a Run-off, the Majoritarian Compromise (MC) and Borda's SCR. We confront our subjects with hypothetical preference profiles...

The purpose of this study is to explore the determinants of poverty in rural areas in Iran, for which the Savejbolagh Township located in the north of Iran, was selected as a representative. The study utilizes farm and household cross-sectional data for 1998-99 that was collected through...

Over the last few decades, several studies have pointed out the multidimensional nature of poverty. Poverty suggests a hardship that is not solely confined to lack of the monetary resources necessary to maintain adequate living standards. The paper aims to propose a model for the differential...

The objective of this paper is to examine the most important components of foreign trade policy in Egypt: the tariff structure, non-tariff barriers (NTBs) and the exchange rate policy. With the intent of assessing the policies? likely impacts on Egyptian export competitiveness the paper also...

A common difficulty in estimating demand functions for developing countries is the lack of time series data. With the available cross-sectional data resulting from extensive surveys on households, most researchers concentrated on the estimation of expenditure elasticities and ignored the price...